$240 / month
4 calls per month (60min/call)
Unlimited Q&A via chat
Expect responses in 2 days
Hands-on support
I specialize in the "messy middle": where mandates meet reality and the documentation does not exist.
With 25 years as an IT leader, cloud architect, and security expert, I work with engineers who have been handed a modernization or implementation project and quickly discovered that the organization has no map. No documented processes. No clear ownership. Just a directive and a deadline.
That includes DevOps engineers tasked with IaC and cloud migration on systems nobody ever wrote down. And it increasingly includes AI deployment engineers placed into organizations to implement AI solutions on an operational foundation that was never built for it.
My background spans Azure infrastructure automation, security architecture, IT/OT integration, and operational readiness assessment. My actual skill is helping technical professionals navigate environments where tribal knowledge passes for process and momentum is expected without infrastructure.
Why Me:
Proven Track Record: Led Azure migrations cutting server costs by 50%. Implemented Azure Security Center and Sentinel to strengthen threat detection. Assessed operational readiness for AI adoption across complex environments.
Practical Approach: Pattern recognition from 25 years of walking into broken systems (security crises, undocumented infrastructure, failed pilots) and building the map that should have existed from the start.
Automation Expertise: Terraform scripting, API management, CDN optimization, and infrastructure design for environments that need consistency before they can scale.
Diagnostic Clarity: I use a structured framework called Ruthless Clarity to identify the controlling variable in any implementation challenge. Most problems that look like technology problems are documentation and process problems in disguise.
What I Offer
Guidance for AI deployment engineers navigating organizations that are not operationally ready for what they have been asked to implement.
Coaching for DevOps engineers dealing with undocumented infrastructure and IaC mandates on systems nobody ever wrote down.
Strategies for security and cloud architecture within real-world business constraints.
Mentorship for IT professionals moving toward senior, architect, or principal-level roles.
If you have been handed a mandate and discovered there is no foundation underneath it, that is exactly where I work. Let's build the map.
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Cameron Hartis
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- Break the ice and introduce ourselves
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